As you know, Huckabee won Iowa and McCain won New Hampshire. To a culturist this is very bad
news. That is because both of these candidates are pro-Amnesty. That means that they are likely
to naturalize illegals in terrorist cells and further erode our national sovereignty.
Perhaps, this indicates that culturists are out of touch with the American people. Polls show,
however, that immigration is a top issue of concern with voters. It has been a focus of the debates.
Huckabee even brought Jim Gilchrist, a founder of the minutemen, aboard to get an immigration
enforcement image. I do not think that Americans are unconcerned about immigration.
So what gives? This culturist's theory has to do with geography. Our system allows people from
Northern cities to winnow down the candidates. Iowa is one state away from Canada and three
states away from our southern border. New Hampshire actually touches Canada. Other than
Maine, it is our Northernmost state. These states are less likely that Southern states to have fully
encountered and understand the impact of immigration. And, between these primaries and the
next round we get Wyoming and Michigan!
Our primary season should be more geographically representative of the nation. Early inclusion of
at least one state from the South or Southwest would make the process more likely to reflect the
concerns of most Americans. It would be fair to start off with Iowa, then go to Arizona, then go to
New Hampshire and then go to South Carolina. Not all regions of the country see the world the
way the Northernern most states do.
If this culturist is correct, when we get to states further South we will see very different results.
Immigration will be a deciding factor in states that do not border Canada. In the long run, we
should work to get the nomination process changes so that it does not only ask the Northernmost
states which candidate reflects their concerns.

John Press is the author of Culturism: A Word, A Value, Our Future. He is also a doctoral student
and adjunct professor of education at New York University. http://www.culturism.us has more
information about culturism.